Sunday, January 13th, 2008...4:32 am
Best universities in Asia 2007 : The top Asian programs rankings list
Which universities are the top universities in Asia? What are the best Asian university programs? How do those rank when compared to other top universities and programs around the world? Following is a complete list according to the different rankings available around the world.
Top 50 Asian Universities from Shanghai Jiao-Tung University’s Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities (name, world rank, location) :
- Tokyo Univ - 20 - Japan
- Kyoto Univ - 22 - Japan
- Hebrew Univ Jerusalem - 64 - Israel
- Osaka Univ - 67 - Japan
- Tohoku Univ - 76 - Japan
- Nagoya Univ - 94 - Japan
- Tokyo Inst Tech - 99 - Japan
- Hokkaido Univ - 102-150 - Japan
- Natl Univ Singapore - 102-150 - Singapore
- Technion Israel Inst Tech - 102-150 - Israel
- Tel Aviv Univ - 102-150 - Israel
- Tsukuba Univ - 102-150 - Japan
- Weizmann Inst Sci - 102-150 - Israel
- Kyushu Univ - 151-202 - Japan
- Natl Taiwan Univ - 151-202 - China-tw
- Seoul Natl Univ - 151-202 - South Korea
- Tsinghua Univ - 151-202 - China
- Ben Gurion Univ - 203-304 - Israel
- Chinese Univ Hong Kong - 203-304 - China-hk
- City Univ Hong Kong - 203-304 - China-hk
- Hiroshima Univ - 203-304 - Japan
- Hong Kong Univ Sci & Tech - 203-304 - China-hk
- Keio Univ - 203-304 - Japan
- Kobe Univ - 203-304 - Japan
- Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech - 203-304 - South Korea
- Nanjing Univ - 203-304 - China
- Peking Univ - 203-304 - China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ - 203-304 - China
- Univ Hong Kong - 203-304 - China-hk
- Univ Sci & Tech China - 203-304 - China
- Yonsei Univ - 203-304 - South Korea
- Zhejiang Univ - 203-304 - China
- Bar Ilan Univ - 305-402 - Israel
- Fudan Univ - 305-402- China
- Indian Inst Sci - 305-402 - India
- Indian Inst Tech - Kharagpur - 305-402
- Jilin Univ - 305-402 - China
- Kanazawa Univ - 305-402 - Japan
- Korea Univ - 305-402 - South Korea
- Nanyang Tech Univ - 305-402 - Singapore
- Natl Cheng Kung Univ - 305-402 - China-tw
- Natl Chiao Tung Univ - 305-402 - China-tw
- Natl Tsing Hua Univ - 305-402 - China-tw
- Niigata Univ - 305-402 - Japan
- Okayama Univ - 305-402 - Japan
- Pohang Univ Sci & Tech - 305-402 - South Korea
- Sungkyunkwan Univ - 305-402 - South Korea
- Tokyo Med & Dental Univ - 305-402 - Japan
- Waseda Univ - 305-402 - Japan
- Yamaguchi Univ - 305-402 - Japan
The Top Asian Universities according to Times Higher Education’s “The Top 200 World Universities” (2007 rank, 2006 rank, name, location, index):
- 17 19= University of Tokyo Japan 91.1
- 18 33= University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 90.7
- 25 29= Kyoto University Japan 87.2
- 33= 19= National University of Singapore Singapore 84.3
- 36 14 Peking University China 84.2
- 38= 50= Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong - 83.8
- 40 28 Tsinghua University - China - 83.3
- 46 =70 Osaka University Japan 80.0
- 51= 63 Seoul National University South Korea 77.1
- 53= 58= Hong Kong University of Science & Technology - Hong Kong
- 76.9 - 69 61= Nanyang Technological University - Singapore - 73.6
- 85= 116= Fudan University - China - 71.6
- 90= 118 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan - 70.5
- 102= 108 National Taiwan University Taiwan - 68.0
- 102= 168= Tohoku University - Japan - 68.0
- 112= 128= Nagoya University - Japan - 66.1
- 125 180 Nanjing University - China - 64.4
- 128 119 Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Israel - 64.0
- 132= 198= Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technol
South Korea 63.7 - 136 128= Kyushu University Japan - 62.8
- 149= 154 City University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong - 61.2
- 151= 133= Hokkaido University Japan - 61.1
- 151= 147= Tel Aviv University - Israel - 61.1
- 155= 165= University of Science and Technology of China
China - 60.9 - 161= 120 Keio University - Japan - 59.9
- 163= 179 Shanghai Jiao Tong University - China - 59.7
- 180= 158= Waseda University - Japan - 57.7
- 197= 181= Kobe University - Japan - 55.5
Top Asian Social Sciences Universities according toTimes Higher Education Top 50 Univerisities for Social Sciencess (world rank, name, index):
- 20 National University of Singapore - Singapore - 59.5 2.1
- 23 Peking University - China - 56.3 2.1
- 24 University of Tokyo - Japan - 54.2 2.2
- 31 University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong 47.2 2.1
- 44 Tsinghua University - China 41.1 1.3
- 48= Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong 39.4 2.5
Top Asian Natural Sciences Universities according to Times Higher Education Top 50 Univerisities for Natural Sciences (world rank, name, index):
- 12 University of Tokyo Japan 70.6 5.6
- 15 Peking University China 67.5 3.2
- 17 Kyoto University Japan 65.8 5.0
- 25 National University of Singapore - Singapore 55.8 4.1
- 34 Tsinghua University - China 48.0 2.5
- 36 Technion — Israel Institute of Technology - Israel 47.1 5.7
- 38 Seoul National University - S Korea 45.8 4.3
- 40= University of Science & Technology of China - China 44.6 2.5
Top Asian technology universities according to Times Higher Education Top 50 Univerisities for technology (world rank, name, index):
- 9 University of Tokyo - Japan 65.1 2.1
- 10 National University of Singapore - Singapore 63.8 2.9
- 16 Tsinghua University - China 58.2 1.2
- 22 Tokyo Institute of Technology - Japan 53.8 1.8
- 23 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology - Hong Kong - 53.6 3.1
- 25= Technion – Israel Institute of Technology - Israel 53.1 1.8
- 25= Nanyang Technological University - Singapore 53.1 2.1
- 29 Kyoto University - Japan 50.7 2.0
- 48 - Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Technology - S Korea 41.3 1.9
- 49 University of Science & Technology of China - China - 40.8 1.0
Top Asian Life Sciences Universities according to Times Higher Education Top 50 Univerisities for Life Sciences (world rank, name, index):
- 12 National University of Singapore - Singapore - 66.3 4.4
- 13 University of Tokyo - Japan - 65.2 4.8
- 18 Peking University - China - 61.0 2.4
- 27 Kyoto University - Japan - 54.5 4.6
- 36 University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong - 50.4 5.4
- 39 Osaka University - Japan 48.8 5.3
- 46 Seoul National University - S Korea 42.7 3.3
Top Asian Arts and Humanities Universities according to Times Higher Education Top 50 Univerisities for Arts and Humanities (world rank, name, index):
- 18 Peking UniversityChina 61.2
- 21= National University of Singapore Singapore 57.6
- 24 University of Tokyo Japan 54.7
- 34 Kyoto University Japan 50.5
- 39 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 48.0
- 44 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 44.9
Financial Times 2007 Global MBA Rankings’ top Asian MBA program (name, location, world rank):
- Insead - France/Singapore - 7
- Ceibs - China - 11
- Nanyang Business School - Singapore - 67
- National University of Singapore - Singapore - 81
Financial Times 2007 EMBA Rankings’ top Asian EMBA programs (name, location, world rank):
- Kellogg/HK UST Business School - China/HK - 1
- Washington University Olin - China - 7
- Insead - France/Singapore - 9
- Chinese University of HK - China/HK - 15
- Ceibs - China - 23
- CUHK - China - 32
- University of Western Ontario : Iver - Canada/China - 32
- National Sun Yat-Sen University - Taiwan - 43
- National Taiwan University - College of Management - 50
- Helsinki School of Economics - Finland/S.Korea/Singpoare - 77
Top Asian MBA program according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2007 Rankings (name, world rank):
- Insead - 17
- HKUST - 20
- HKU - 37
- Nanyang Business School - 72
- International University of Japan - 77
- CEIBS - 90
- Chinese University of HK - 91
- National University of Singapore - 94
Top Asian Universities according to The UTD top 100 World Wide Rankings of Business Schools based on Research Contribution 2002-2006 (All Journals) (Rank, University Name, Number of Articles, Score, Country) :
- 52 National University of Singapore ( ) 47 25.15 Singapore
- 74 Nanyang Technological University ( ) 26 15.42 Singapore
- 91 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (0) 18 10.50 China
- 96 Hebrew University of Jerusalem ( ) 15 9.33 Israel
- 98 City University of Hong Kong ( ) 20 9.28 China
Yeah, this took some time to compile. Hope it’ll be helpful for those seeking acedemic education in Asia. Comments & suggestions welcome.
Other Asia university rankings can also be found here :
- The top universities in Asia
- The top universities in Asia 2006 : An update
- The top universities in China
- The top universities in Taiwan (ROC)
- The top MBA programs in East-Asia
- Asian academic research and the top research universities in Asia

WHY DID YOU WRITE “CHINA-TW” FOR ALL TAIWANESE UNIVERSITIES? WHAT WORLD DO YOU LIVE IN? YOU KNOW TAIWAN IS NOT A PART OF CHINA, SO DON’T LABEL TAIWAN AS “CHINA-TAIWAN”. TAIWAN IS AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN COUNTRY. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT, BUDDY.
Mike - if you’ve read anything on this website you’d know that this is something I’m highly sensitive to. The only reason it says China-TW is because it’s quoted from a different source who regards China and Taiwan to be one. This in no way reflects my political opinion.
BTW - if you want to be heard and understood on this topic, I suggest taking a more calm and polite attitude.
I heard, in terms of reputation, quality of graduates, teaching methodology and quality of professors, Asian Institute of Management (AIM,Philippines) and Indian Institute of Management(IIM, India) are the Harvard and Yale in Asia Pacific. I was informed that, althoug it is harder to get in IIM, AIM is more expensive and has better diversity among Asian being able to attract other Asians like Thai, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesian, Malaysia. While IIM is mostly Indians. I want to go to AIM Philippines), but tuition is US 24,000 plus 2-year housing, food, thesis, international student exchange expense which could be double that amount too. The US24K is cash because loan is just too expensive at 9% per month. Is there a cheaper way to do this? I feel that if I can get a top Asian MBA degree, I will have a unique advantage to work either in the US or Asia. Also top Asian MBA will be the way to go in the future if you already have an Ivy League undergrad. It’s like 2 Ivies from Asia and America, giving you the diversity,flexibility and unique advantage to work in both continents. What do you think?
World Executive Digest also included Asian Institute of Management (Philippines)as Top MBA school in Asia.